as we got older, it became even more clear what we would have available to us. i wanted to be a teacher very early on because i was good at tutoring kids. first, you need to go make money. go to math, science, be an engineer, and go do that. i was doing this other stuff, tutoring, and every time i get angrier and angrier about what i saw because i realized i was not the smartest kid in my neighborhood, on my block, but yet my outcome was much different than those around because of the educational opportunity that i had that they should have had. >> everyone talked about their growing up experiences. i am part of the catholic schools, and i had very positive experiences with the catholic schools, but not everybody can say that, i guess. >> i did. >> yeah, i had a good time and i learned a lot. one of the most fundamental principles in catholic social teaching and catholic education is caring for the poor and caring for the disadvantaged. the opportunities for service that i had growing up really instill in me not just caring for the poor and disadvantaged, but th